This Week’s Issue: The Pied Piper of SPACs

Also in the Money Issue: how private equity killed a hospital; negotiating with ransomware hackers; and LeBron James's agent, Rich Paul.  View in browser | Update your preferences     Letter from Silicon Valley The Pied Piper of SPACs Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine. By Charles Duhigg Listen to this story Have a world-class narrator read this to you.     American Chronicles The Death of Hahnemann Hospital When a private-equity firm bought a Philadelphia institution, the most vulnerable patients bore the cost. By Chris Pomorski     Annals of Technology How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers Kurtis Minder finds outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying. By Rachel Monroe     The Sporting Scene LeBron James's Agent Is Transforming the Business of Basketball Rich Paul is known for driving hard bargains for star clients. By Isaac Chotiner     Comment A Mississippi Abortion Case at the Supreme Court The most pressing question now may be not whether Roe and Casey can survive but how reproductive rights can be sustained without them. By Amy Davidson Sorkin     Books The Last Battle Over Big Business Ralph Nader, General Motors, and what we get wrong about regulation. By Nicholas Lemann     Books Mieko Kawakami's Tale of Bullying and Nietzsche Her novel "Heaven" examines fundamental questions of power and morality. By Merve Emre     Podcast Dept. The Podcast That Explains the New Celebrity "Who? Weekly" has been tracking the rise of today's stars. By Rachel Syme     Pop Music How Olivia Rodrigo Became Pop's Brightest New Star On "Sour," Rodrigo delivers eleven semisweet songs, almost all of them about love gone wrong. By Kelefa Sanneh   Humor from The New Yorker     Shouts & Murmurs Fifty Less Punchy Ways to Leave Your Lover While you're at it, Stan, make some new friends, too. By Simon Webster     Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week's magazine.   You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up.   Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our privacy policy    Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.